Journal of Substance Abuse Treatment
Volume 33, Issue 3 , Pages 313-319, October 2007

Asian Americans in community-based substance abuse treatment: Service needs, utilization, and outcomes

  • Noosha Niv, Ph.D.

      Affiliations

    • Integrated Substance Abuse Programs, Department of Psychiatry and Biobehavioral Sciences, UCLA, Los Angeles, CA 90025, USA
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Integrated Substance Abuse Programs, Department of Psychiatry and Biobehavioral Sciences, UCLA, Los Angeles, CA 90025, USA. Tel.: +1 310 528 7554; fax: +1 310 473 7885.
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  • Eunice C. Wong, Ph.D.

      Affiliations

    • RAND, Santa Monica, CA 90401, USA
    • ,
  • Yih-Ing Hser, Ph.D.

      Affiliations

    • Integrated Substance Abuse Programs, Department of Psychiatry and Biobehavioral Sciences, UCLA, Los Angeles, CA 90025, USA

Received 11 September 2006; received in revised form 19 December 2006; accepted 25 December 2006. published online 22 March 2007.

Abstract 

The objectives of this study were to examine differences in substance abuse treatment needs, treatment utilization, and outcomes between Asian Americans/Pacific Islanders (AAPI) and others. Data were collected from 452 AAPI and a matched sample of 403 non-AAPI who were admitted to 43 drug treatment programs across California. A subset of these participants was assessed at 3 months (n = 112) and 9 months (n = 140) after treatment admission. Differences in pretreatment characteristics, treatment retention and completion, services received, and treatment outcomes were examined. AAPI presented to treatment with lower alcohol and drug severity lower than the comparison group and similar problem severity in other domains. There were no group differences in treatment retention, but AAPI received a greater number of legal services and fewer medical and psychiatric services than the comparison group. AAPI also received fewer total services within their treatment program. Treatment outcomes were similar between the two groups, with one exception: AAPI demonstrated better alcohol outcomes than those in the comparison group.

Keywords: Asian American, Substance abuse, Service utilization, Treatment outcome, Community

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PII: S0740-5472(07)00006-2

doi:10.1016/j.jsat.2006.12.012

Journal of Substance Abuse Treatment
Volume 33, Issue 3 , Pages 313-319, October 2007

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